Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] and [verb] [pn reflx] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was at that time that I interviewed David 's mother , Margaret Jones , who recalled a three-year-old David discovering a bag of make-up in an upstairs room and plastering himself with it , and how at one point she thought he would become a ballet dancer . |
| 2 | There is also a softer side , which has evolved far beyond the fighting form and concerns itself with psychological and physical development It is called tai chi chuan or the ‘ grand ultimate fist ’ . |
| 3 | They inflicted wounds on themselves in the sword dance and castigated themselves with ankle whips made of leather and bone , sprinkling the altar of the goddess with their blood . |
| 4 | Sometimes , I 'd have to take a turn if someone failed to arrive , enthroning myself at the green baize table and stuffing myself with shrimp rolls and pickles , me , the killer who 'd lived on bugs . |
| 5 | I learned to read the galley proofs and familiarised myself with printers ' hieroglyphics . |
| 6 | She had lied and deceived , she had painted her lips with toxic red paint from a box of water colours or with the less toxic red dye of rationed Smarties , she had darkened her lashes with shoe polish and perfumed herself with sample offers of cheap perfume solicited through sycophantic correspondence with cosmetic manufacturers . |